Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 185 became a trending topic because of not attending the annual meeting.

Recently, Epic Records released "Standing Net to You (USHER remi)," a collaboration between Jiang Yan and Usher.

The audio source and music video for "）".

After the announcement, the situation was roughly as expected.

In just one week, after the streaming media merge, the original song, which was about to fall off the Hot 100 chart, was pulled back to number 75.

There's also a lot of discussion about this collaborative version on the internet.

Compared to the mixed reception before, this time there are actually many more people saying good things.

And the reason for this is undoubtedly due in part to Arthur's endorsement.

On the day the collaboration track was released, the other party posted their thoughts on the collaboration on their Instagram account.

Usher said that after meeting Jiang Yan in person, he was amazed by her talent and said that their collaboration was very pleasant, like that of good friends who had never met before.

It is well known that Black communities tend to stick together.

Following Usher's remarks, and given that all of Jiang Yan's backup dancers in the music video were Black, more and more Black users on Twitter began to speak up for Jiang Yan.

They all changed their tune, saying that Jiang Yan's tribute deserved the title of "Asian MJ".

Jiang Yan was naturally aware of these changes in public opinion.

Within his studio, there are dedicated personnel responsible for monitoring any online messages related to him.

At the slightest sign of trouble, they would immediately contact Jiang Zhennan or Jiang Yan to inform him.

Jiang Yan did not appear particularly happy upon learning about the situation on Twitter.

Actually, he didn't necessarily want to solidify the title of "Asian MJ"; he mainly wanted to capitalize on the buzz for marketing purposes.

However, he wouldn't object if most people agreed that he deserved the title.

Anyway, MJ is dead, so we should respect the dead.

During Jiang Yan's stay in South Korea, Jiang Zhennan brought him two pieces of good news.

The good news is that after months of negotiations, the exclusive rights for QQ Music have finally been agreed upon.

The process was quite tortuous.

Initially, Yuehua Entertainment offered 1500 million yuan a year, but G-Voice was not very willing to accept it. Later, when G-Voice witnessed Jiang Yan's real popularity overseas and wanted to match the offer, Yuehua Entertainment raised the price again to 3000 million yuan.

In conclusion, Jiang Yan ultimately signed an exclusive copyright agreement with QQ Music for nearly 9000 million yuan over three years.

This price is still incomparable to Jay Chou's copyright fees of over 100 million, but it's also quite normal.

Jay Chou has a large number of songs, while Jiang Yan has relatively few. The fact that he can command this price is largely due to his star power.

Tencent even contacted them to invest in Jiang Yan's studio, but Jiang Yan declined, saying he wasn't planning to accept any investment yet.

In fact, Tencent is also paying close attention to K-pop, and will hold shares in more than one South Korean entertainment company, including SM Entertainment, in the future.

After signing an exclusive contract with G-Voice, Jiang Yan also accepted TME's invitation to participate in Q&A on the 23rd of this month.

The pinnacle of music.

As for the other piece of news, KFC also plans to officially collaborate, making Jiang Yan the brand ambassador for its entire product line.

Actually, he was competing for this endorsement, and the competitor was LUHAN, one of the top celebrities who returned to China.

Ultimately, KFC chose Jiang Yan, whose endorsement fee was higher.

They are priced similarly, but one is only well-known domestically, while the other is widely known in Europe and America.

Anyone in the industry would know who to choose.

Jiang Yan ultimately signed a five-year contract with KFC for 750 million yuan per year.

For a top-tier fast-food brand with such high national recognition, signing a longer-term contract is fine, unless it's for the sake of considering what will happen in five years.

It's definitely more than that price; a ten-year contract isn't out of the question.

Jiang Yan did not attend Yuehua Entertainment's annual meeting this year.

Firstly, he simply didn't have time to return to Yanjing that day, and secondly, he hadn't originally intended to participate.

In previous years, he had to go because he had no say in the matter, but now it's different; he can choose not to eat beef.

He didn't want to listen to the company's senior executives speaking at all; it was a complete waste of his time.

Wouldn't it be better for him to spend that time dating his partners?

However, it is unclear who posted the news on Weibo that he did not attend Yuehua Entertainment's annual meeting.

Thus, without any prior promotion on Weibo, a hashtag called #JiangYanandLehuaDiscord# quickly climbed to the top of Weibo's trending topics the very next day, and related rumors swept across the entertainment sections of major social media platforms and news websites that same day.

As Yuehua Entertainment's most profitable and influential artist, Jiang Yan's every move is a hot topic.

Everyone else was present at the annual meeting, but he was the only one absent, which naturally gave marketing accounts unlimited room to maneuver.

[Shocking! The current top male artist of Yuehua Entertainment did not attend the Yuehua annual meeting, potentially causing a rift between Jiang Yan and Du Hua!]

[Besides Jiang Yan, Han Geng, UNIQ, and other artists also attended Yuehua Entertainment's annual meeting.]

[The new girl group Cosmic Girls, jointly launched by Yuehua Entertainment and Starship Entertainment, also appeared at the company's annual meeting, but Jiang Yan, the company's leading artist, was not present.]

[Jiang Yan may be dissatisfied with Yuehua Entertainment and there is a possibility that she will terminate her contract and go solo.]

More and more exaggerated news headlines are spreading online, and people who see these news stories immediately start watching the drama unfold.

On Weibo, after clicking on the trending topic, a lot of people in the comments section were discussing it.

"It doesn't seem like he didn't come because of a scheduling conflict. Could it be because of a revenue-sharing issue?"

"Jiang Yan probably earns the majority of Yuehua Entertainment's artists' income in a year now, so it's normal that the two sides broke down in negotiations."

"It's common for artists to have conflicts with their companies after they become successful. If I were in their shoes, I would also negotiate."

"I have a feeling that someone in the upper echelons of Yuehua Entertainment doesn't get along with Jiang Yan. Otherwise, there's no reason for him not to come."

"Yuehua is now giving him priority in all its resources. It can't be that the former number one star pressured the higher-ups to fight Jiang Yan, can it?"

"Han Geng? That's not entirely unreasonable. He's quite petty."

"This is pure speculation. They started spreading rumors simply because he didn't show up for the annual meeting. I don't believe an entertainment company would be so foolish as to target its own top artist."

On Weibo, the topic continued to gain momentum, with views exceeding 100 million in less than two hours.

Furthermore, various versions of insider rumors have emerged one after another.

Some people even began to confidently claim that their friends worked at Yuehua Entertainment, revealing that Jiang Yan and Yuehua's senior management had a serious falling out over the contract.

Jiang Yan, the person involved, received a call from Du Hua in her studio and had a strange expression after learning about the incident.

He never expected that something as trivial as not attending the company's annual meeting could inexplicably become a trending topic.

After hanging up the phone and checking the situation on Weibo, he thought about it and roughly understood the situation.

The fact that this topic has reached such a high level of popularity is definitely due in no small part to certain groups stirring things up behind the scenes.

They probably can't stand seeing him doing too well, and are just using this opportunity to disgust him.

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